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ATF Data Confirms: Americans Are Buying Suppressors in Millions
The ATF's own NFA data just confirmed what Second Amendment advocates predicted: strip the $200 tax stamp, and Americans buy suppressors by the millions.
court ruling6 Million Suppressors: The NFA's Days Are Numbered
Nearly 6 million legally registered suppressors now sit in American hands — and that number is loading the chamber for a constitutional showdown that could blow the NFA wide open.
legislationByrd Rule Kills Suppressor Deregulation — For Now
Senate bureaucrats just killed one of the most straightforward Second Amendment wins in years — and Everytown and Giffords are popping champagne.
legislationMinnesota Moves to Extend Gun Grabs to Five Years
Minnesota lawmakers want to lock law-abiding gun owners out of their firearms for up to five years — no criminal conviction required.
state law6 States Ban Red Flag Laws — And Will Punish Officials Who Enforce Them
Six states have banned red flag law enforcement outright — and some are threatening legal punishment for any official who tries to comply with them anyway.
threatNICS Is Denying Innocent Americans Their Gun Rights
The FBI's NICS background check system wrongfully denies law-abiding Americans their Second Amendment rights every single day—and the federal government couldn't care less.
court rulingMichigan's Own Courts Expose Red Flag Law's Due Process Wreckage
Michigan's own judicial branch just documented what gun owners have warned for years: red flag orders are stripping law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights at scale — guns seized first, hearing maybe later.
threat22 States Can Take Your Guns Before You're Charged
In 22 states and Washington D.C., law enforcement can show up at your door, seize your legally owned firearms, and cancel your carry permit — before you've been charged with a single crime.
state lawNJ Built Its Own Background Check System to Slow You Down
New Jersey doesn't trust the federal government to deny your rights fast enough, so it built its own system to do it.
state lawStates Make ERPO Enforcement a Felony — and More Are Coming
South Carolina just made enforcing a red flag gun confiscation order a felony — and a wave of GOP states is right behind them.
victoryATF's Own Data Confirms: Americans Are Buying Suppressors in Millions
The ATF just handed gun owners the receipts: strip away the government's $200 tax stamp punishment, and Americans buy suppressors by the millions.
court ruling6 Million Suppressors: The NFA Is on Life Support
Nearly 6 million legally registered suppressors now sit in American hands, and that number demolishes every anti-gun argument ever made about these common hearing-protection devices.
court rulingSCOTUS's 2A Battlefield: Who, What, and Where It Stands
Anti-gun politicians are fighting on every front to contain the damage Bruen did to their agenda — and the battlefield is expanding fast.
legislationByrd Rule Kills NFA Suppressor Reform — Fight Not Over
Senate procedure just killed suppressor deregulation — but one parliamentary ruling won't end a decades-long fight for hearing protection rights.
legislationMinnesota Dems Push 5-Year Gun Confiscation Without Trial
Minnesota Democrats want the power to confiscate a law-abiding citizen's firearms for five years — no criminal charge, no conviction, no trial.
court rulingPistol Braces Are Legal — Know the Rules, Keep Your Rights
The ATF tried to turn millions of law-abiding Americans into felons overnight — courts said no, and pistol braces are fully legal under federal law.
victory6 States Ban Red Flag Laws — And Punish Officials Who Defy Them
Six states have banned Extreme Risk Protection Orders outright — and they're making it personally costly for any official who tries to enforce one anyway.
atf actionATF Refuses to Say Which Braced Pistols Are Illegal
The ATF won't tell you which braced pistols are illegal — they'll just wait until you're facing federal charges to find out.
state lawMichigan's Red Flag Law: The Confiscation Numbers Are Damning
Michigan's own courts just confirmed what gun owners already knew: the state's red flag law is a due process wrecking ball aimed squarely at law-abiding citizens.
victorySuppressor Boom: Americans Rush to Buy After $200 Tax Stamp Dies
The $200 NFA tax stamp is dead — and Americans are making up for lost time, registering suppressors at a historic pace that proves the fee was always the problem.
threatRed Flag Laws: Government Seizes Your Guns Before Any Crime
The government can take your guns before you've committed a single crime — and in 21 states plus Washington D.C., it's already happening.
atf actionATF Lost the Brace War—Now It's Playing Dirty
The ATF lost in court—so now it's trying to win through the back door.
court ruling6 Million Suppressors: The NFA's Days Are Numbered
Nearly 6 million legally registered suppressors now sit in American hands — and that number is blowing a hole straight through the federal government's case for keeping them strangled under the National Firearms Act.
state lawStates Criminalize Red Flag Enforcement to Protect Due Process
South Carolina just made enforcing a red flag confiscation order a felony, and a wave of Republican-led states are loading up right behind them.
legislationByrd Rule Kills Suppressor Deregulation in Budget Bill
A Senate procedural rule just stripped suppressor deregulation from the budget reconciliation package — handing anti-gun groups a win they never could have earned on the merits.
legislationGOP Bill Gives Special Forces Vets Nationwide Carry Rights
A Republican lawmaker just handed America's most elite warriors what anti-gun states have spent years denying them — the right to carry anywhere in the country they bled to defend.
threatMinnesota Bill Greenlights 5-Year Gun Seizures Without Conviction
Minnesota Democrats want judges to seize your firearms for five years before you've been charged with a single crime — and they want it done on weekends, after hours, and with no reimbursement for the guns they take.
legislationCongress Moves to Give Special Ops & Vets Nationwide Carry
Congress just introduced a bill that does what every state should have done years ago: let America's most elite warriors carry a firearm anywhere in the country — without asking permission from anti-gun bureaucrats.
state lawSix States Criminalize Red Flag Enforcement
Enforce a red flag order in the wrong state, and you could face criminal charges yourself — that's the firewall six states just built against unconstitutional gun seizures.
legislationVeterans Deserve Nationwide CCW — This Bill Delivers It
America's veterans bled for this republic — now Congress is moving to make sure they can defend themselves in every state that tried to disarm them.
court rulingSCOTUS Faces a Generation-Defining Second Amendment Fight
The Supreme Court faces a generational reckoning on the Second Amendment — and every law-abiding gun owner in America has skin in the game.
threatMichigan's Own Courts Expose Red Flag Confiscation Machine
Michigan's own judicial report just confirmed what gun rights advocates have argued for years: the state's red flag law operates as a due-process-free firearms confiscation machine.
legislationElite Operators Deserve Carry Rights — New Bill Delivers
Rep. Pat Harrigan — Army Ranger, double amputee, combat veteran — just introduced a bill that gives Green Berets, SEALs, and Delta operators the carry rights they earned on the battlefield.
threatRed Flag Laws: Courts Take Your Guns Before Any Crime
Your guns can be seized before you've done anything wrong — and you won't even be in the room when it happens.
atf actionDOJ Filing Keeps ATF's Brace Trap Loaded
ATF lost the pistol brace fight in court — but a new DOJ legal filing proves the agency kept its weapon loaded.
court rulingPistol Braces Are Legal in 2025 — Know Your Rights Now
Pistol braces are fully legal under federal law in 2025 — and if you own an AR-pistol, you need to understand exactly what that means before the ATF finds another angle.
state lawStates Make Red Flag Enforcement a Felony
South Carolina just made enforcing red flag confiscation orders a felony — and a wave of GOP states are right behind them.
victoryDOJ Drops Defense of Biden ATF Dealer Registry Grab
The Trump DOJ just buried Biden's ATF dealer rule — filing to dismiss the federal government's own defense of the most aggressive firearms licensing expansion in modern history.
atf actionATF Still Targeting Braced Pistols — Won't Say Which
The ATF is hunting braced pistol owners — and deliberately refusing to tell you whether your firearm has a federal target on it.
atf actionTrump's ATF Keeps Biden's Ghost Gun Rule Intact
Trump's ATF is keeping Biden's 2022 frames and receivers rule alive, and the gun owners who expected real rollback just got their answer.
court rulingPistol Brace Rule Is Dead — Here's Where You Stand in 2025
Courts killed the ATF's pistol brace rule — but 40 million American gun owners need to know exactly where the law stands before bureaucrats find another angle.
atf actionATF's Billion-Record Gun Registry Is Real — Senate Proves It
The federal government is running an illegal gun registry — and a Senate hearing just made that impossible to deny.
atf actionATF Lost the Brace War — Now It's Fighting a Guerrilla Campaign
The ATF lost in court on pistol braces — so now it's trying to win through the back door.
atf actionATF's Pistol Brace Power Grab: What You Must Know
The ATF didn't pass a law in 2023 — it invented one, and 40 million Americans with pistol-braced firearms suddenly became potential felons without a single vote in Congress.
legislationHarrigan's Bill Gives SOF Operators Their Carry Rights Back
Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) is done watching Delta Force sergeants come home from combat deployments with fewer carry rights than municipal parking enforcement officers.
court rulingThe Courts Killing Your Gun Rights, Circuit by Circuit
The Supreme Court handed down Bruen and set the law of the land — but anti-gun federal circuits are ignoring it, and a new legal analysis maps exactly where your Second Amendment rights go to die.
legislationCongress Moves to Give Special Forces Nationwide Carry Rights
A Green Beret who spent years neutralizing threats overseas can be disarmed the moment he crosses into California — a new GOP bill aims to end that insult for good.
threatRI Senate Keeps Extreme Anti-2A Bills Alive — Don't Be Fooled
Rhode Island's Senate Judiciary Committee kept two of the most extreme anti-Second Amendment bills in the country on life support this week — buried under the phrase 'held for further study' and waiting for gun owners to stop paying attention.
legislationCongress Moves to Give Vets Nationwide Carry Rights
A Green Beret who cleared rooms in Fallujah can't legally carry in New Jersey without begging a bureaucrat for permission — Congress just moved to fix that.
court rulingSCOTUS to Rule: Can Feds Disarm Legal Cannabis Users?
The Supreme Court is sitting on a case that could gut one of the federal government's favorite tools for disarming law-abiding citizens — and if you own guns and live in a cannabis-legal state, this ruling could directly determine whether you stay out of federal prison.